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A French woman revealed on a TV programme that she was scammed into believing she was in a relationship with Hollywood star Brad Pitt
Anne, 53, divorced her husband and suffered a loss of 830,000 euros (RM3.8 million) after transferring money to a fake "Brad Pitt", according to the Malay Mail.
For a year and a half, she thought she was communicating with the 61-year-old actor. However, she realised she had been scammed when news of his real-life relationship with girlfriend Ines de Ramon emerged.
The scammer used fake social media and Whatsapp accounts, as well as AI-generated images, to send Anne what appeared to be selfies and messages from Pitt
The fake Pitt persuaded Anne to send money by claiming he needed funds for a kidney treatment, and that his bank accounts were frozen due to divorce proceedings with his ex-wife, Angelina Jolie.
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